Commerce (English Medium) कक्षा १२ - CBSE Important Questions for Business Studies

The workers of 'Gargya Ltd.' are unable to work on new computerised machines imported by the company to fulfil the increased demand. Therefore, the workers are seeking extra guidance from the supervisor and the supervisor is overburdened with the frequent calls of workers.

Suggest how the supervisor, by increasing the skills and knowledge of workers, can make them handle their work independently. Also, state any three benefits that the workers will derive by the decision of the supervisor.

The workers of ‘Swastik Ltd.’ are unable to work on new computerised machines imported by the company to fulfil the increased demand. Therefore the workers are seeking extra guidance from the supervisor and the supervisor is overburdened with the frequent calls of workers.
Suggest how the supervisor, by increasing the skills and knowledge of workers, can make them handle their work independently.

Also, state any three benefits that the workers will derive by the decision of the supervisor

'Providing the social security and welfare of employees' is one of the specialised activities performed by Human Resource Management. Mention any two other specialised activities of Human Resource Management.

‘Maintaining labour relations and union-management relations’ is one of the specialised activities performed by Human Resource Management. Mention any two other specialised activities of Human Resource Management.

'Estimating manpower requirements is not merely knowing how many persons we need.' What else is needed while estimating manpower requirements? State any two points.

Identify and state the step in the process of staffing that creates a pool of prospective job seekers for vacancies in the organization.

The Human Resource Department of 'Oberoi's Airlines Pvt. Ltd.' has recently selected 11 pilots. The new pilots have to handle sophisticated equipment. For this, the Human Resource Manager wants to design an off-the-job training program that will help them to improve their performance on their jobs.

Identify and explain the method of training that can be used by the company in the given situation.

The activities whose outcome not only improves the job performance but also help individuals in the progress towards maturity and actualisation of their potential capacities is known as ______.

Arun is working in a multinational company in Gurgaon. He was running temperature for the last many days. When his blood was tested, he was found positive for dengue with a very low platelet count. Therefore, he was admitted in the hospital and a blood transfusion was advised by the doctors. One of his colleagues sent a text message about it to his immediate superior 'Mr. Narain'. 'Mr. Narain' in turn sent a text message to the employees of the organisation requesting them to donate blood for Arun. When the General Manager came to know about it, he ordered for fumigation in the company premises and cleanliness of the surroundings.

a. From the above para quote lines that indicate formal and informal communication.

b. State any two features of informal communication.

c. Identify any two values that are being communicated to the society in the above case.

Prateek is working in a multi-national company in Noida. He was running temperature for the last many days. When his blood was tested, he was found positive for malaria. He was admitted in the hospital and a blood transfusion was advised by the doctors as his condition was very serious. One of his colleagues sent a text message to his superior 'Mr. B. Chatterjee'. Mr. B. Chatterjee, immediately sent a text message to the employees of the organisation requesting them to donate blood for Prateek. When the General Manager came to know about it he ordered for fumigation in the company premises and for cleaning the surroundings.

a. From the above para quote lines that indicate formal and informal communication.

b. State any two features of informal communication.

c. Identify any two values that are being communicated to the society in the above case.

Yash is working in a multinational company in Noida. He was running temperature for the last many days. When his blood was tested, he found positive for chickengunia. He was admitted in the hospital and a blood transfusion was advised by the doctors as his condition was very serious. One of his colleagues sent a text message to his immediate superior ‘Vineet’. Vineet immediately sent a text message to the employees of the organization requesting them to donate blood for Yash. When the General Manager came to know about it, he ordered for fumigation in the company premises and cleanliness of the surroundings.

a. From the above para quote lines that indicate formal and informal communication.

b. State any two features of informal communication.

c. Identify any two values that are being communicated by Vineet to the society

Ashutosh Goenka was working in 'Axe Ltd.', a company manufacturing air purifiers. He found that the profits had started declining from the last six months. Profit has an implication for the survival of the firm, so he analysed the business environment to find out the reasons for this decline.

1) Identify the level of management at which Ashutosh Goenka was working.

2) State three other function being performed by Ashutosh Goenka

Umang Gupta is the Managing Director of Denver Ltd. The company had established a good name for itself and had been doing well. It was known for timely completion of orders. The Production Manager, Ms Kanta was efficiently handling the processing of orders and had a team of fourteen motivated employees working under her. Everything was going on well. Unfortunately, she met with an accident. Umang knew that in the absence of Ms Kanta, the company may not be able to meet the deadlines. He also knew that not meeting the deadlines may lead to customer dissatisfaction with the risk of loss of business and goodwill. So, he had a meeting with his employees in which accurate and speedy processing of orders was planned. Everybody agreed to work as the team because the behaviour of Umang Gupta was positive towards the employees of the organisation. Hence everyone put in extra
time and efforts and the targets were met on time.

Not only this, Umang visited Ms Kanta and advised her to take sufficient rest.

1) Identify the leadership style of Umang Gupta and draw a diagram depicting the style.

2) State any two values highlighted by the behaviour of Umang Gupta.

Avdhesh is the Managing Director of Delta Ltd. The company had established a good name for itself and had been doing well. It was known for timely completion of orders. The Production Manager, Ms Priyanka was efficiently handling the processing of orders and had a term of ten motivated employees working under her. Everything was going on well. Unfortunately, Priyanka met with an accident. Avdhesh knew that in the absence of Priyanka, the company may not be able to meet the deadlines. He also knew that not meeting the deadlines may lead to customer’s dissatisfaction with the risk of loss of business and goodwill. So, he had a meeting with his employees in which accurate and speedy processing of order was planned. Everybody agreed to work as a term because the behaviour of Avdhesh was positive towards the employees of the organisation. Everyone put in extra time and efforts and the targets were met on time. Not only this, Avdhesh visited Priyanka and advised her to take adequate rest.

1) Identify the leadership style of Avdhesh and draw a diagram depicting the style

2) Also, identify any two values highlighted by the behaviour of Avdhesh

Aarav Gupta was the Managing Director of KDS Ltd. The company had established a good name for itself and was doing well. It was known for timely completion of orders. The Production Manager, Mrs Charu, was efficiently handling the processing of orders with a team of twenty motivated employees working under her. Everything was going on well till Ms Charu met with an accident. Aarav Gupta noticed that due to the absence of Ms Charu. the company may not be able to meet the deadlines. He knew that any delay in this regard may lead to consumer dissatisfaction with the danger of loss of business and goodwill. So, he had a meeting with his employees where they planned for accurate and speedy processing or orders. Everybody agreed to work as a team as the attitude and behaviour of Aarav Gupta was very good towards the employees of the organisation. All put in extra time and efforts and the targets were met on time.

Not only this, Aarav Gupta visited Ms Charu and advised her to take the required rest.

1) Identify the leadership style of Aarav Gupta and draw a diagram depicting the style

2) State any two values highlighted in the behaviour of Aarav Gupta.

Neeraj, a sales representative of 'Omida Ltd' has changed seven jobs in the last one year. He
is a hard-working person but is not a table to finalise deals with the customers due to his inadequate vocabulary and omission of needed words. Sometimes he uses wrong words
because of which intended meaning is not conveyed. All this created a misunderstanding
between him and his clients.

a. Identify the communication barrier discussed above.
b. State the category of this communication barrier.
c. Explain any other communication barrier of the same category

The workers of 'Vyam Ltd.' are unable to work on new and hi-tech machines imported by the company to fulfil the increased demand. Therefore, the workers are seeking extra guidance from the supervisor. The supervisor is overburdened with the frequent calls of workers. Suggest how the supervisor, by increasing the skills and knowledge of workers, can make them handle their work independently? Also, state any three benefits that the workers will derive by the decision of the supervisor.

Jaideep recently joined as the Managing Director of 'Tivori Ltd.', an apparel designing company. He observed that the company had a number of experienced fashion designers on its payroll. They regularly offered useful suggestions which were neither appreciated nor rewarded by the company. Instead, the company outsourced its services to some renowned fashion designers and paid them a good compensation for their services. Because of this the employees felt disheartened and stopped giving useful suggestions

a. Identify the communication barrier discussed above.
b. State the category of this communication barrier.
c. Explain any other communication barrier of the same category.

Anjali had been working with 'Tata Enterprises' for the last ten years. She was famous for her dedication towards the work. When the Manager senior to her retired, all her colleagues thought that now Anjali would be promoted. But to everyone's surprise, the vacant post was filled by an outsider 'Miss Monika'. Anjali felt demoralised and her performance started declining. She would absent herself often and could not meet her targets.
Miss Monika was a good leader who would not only instruct her subordinates but also guide and inspire them. She noticed Anjali's behaviour and felt hat her performance could be improved. She started involving Anjali in decision-making issues related to the organisation and made her a part of a high-level joint management committee. Anjali was now punctual to the office and her performance started improving.

a. Identify the function of management being performed by Monika.
b. Name the elements of the above function of management which helped Monika to
improve Anjali's behaviour.
c. State any three features of the element identified in (b) above

Aarav was working as a supervisor with ‘Neer Purifier Ltd.’ which was producing water purifiers. The target of the company was to produce 200 water purifiers every day. His job was to make sure that work goes on smoothly and there was no interruption in production. To achieve this, he always gives orders and insists that they are obeyed. He believes that reward or punishment both can be given depending upon the performance.

Identify and describe the leadership style being adopted by Aarav.